Charles had a wild hunch-was it Clara again?

"Who are you looking for?" he asked.

"My wife, Clara."

"Oh, your wife." The words slipped out casually, but then he practically squeaked, "Wait, who? Your wife? Since when did you get married? Who's the unlucky woman who'd marry a stiff like you? Oh, Clara-what?! Clara again?!"

He realized he'd let something slip and reached for his pen to knock some sense into himself, but the guy on the other end must've picked up on it, because the call cut off right away.

Charles swore under his breath and tried calling back, but no answer.

Man, that guy was sharp-just one slip and he already figured someone was looking for him.

Putting his phone away, Charles headed upstairs, dragging the doctor along to Clara's room.

"Heal her. Do whatever it takes, just wake her up, now."

neck. "Young master, I told you just

up now. Don't you have any medicine

I say? She took a high- concentration dose this time. Most people would've lost consciousness that night. Her willpower is scary, honestly. Back in the underground fight club, plenty of grown men went down after getting hit with this

finished speaking when Clara on the bed slowly opened

awake! Do you know who I am? Wait-do you know who you are? You're not... you didn't lose your mind,

the room

watched her carefully, something about her eyes making him uneasy -they were too

enough, the next second Clara looked at Charles

it finally clicked, he grabbed the doctor and pulled him out into

low and urgent. "What the hell? Is she brain-damaged now?

which isn't actually a bad thing.

She's not like

never been one to worry about much. He cared about his dogs, listened to his two older brothers, and couldn't

"Fair enough. I told Richard I'd hand her over in three days. For now, I'll just let Clara get used to having me as her brother She'll get attached, and then Dylan won't stand a

warned, "Just don't go

Charles had brought over from the Chesters, originally to look after the two eldest.

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255